A sidelink connection is created between each device of a plurality of devices. If the sidelink connection quality is not sufficient to transmit a first version of a segment encoded at a first quality level, a lower quality version of the segment may also be retrieved. The lower quality version of the segment may be retrieved by a different device than the device that retrieved the first version of the segment. If the segment is requested from a first device by a second device and the sidelink connection between the first device and the second device is not sufficient to transmit the first version of the segment, the first device may cause transmission of the lower quality version of the segment retrieved by a third device to the second device.
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7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first version of the segment and the second version of the segment are stored in a cache of a second device assigned by the sidelink connection to cache segments of the media.
17. The system of claim 11, wherein the first version of the segment and the second version of the segment are stored in a cache of a second device assigned by the sidelink connection to cache segments of the media.
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